Seals have a reputation for being the laid-back loungers of the animal kingdom, but there’s a lot more going on beneath that ...

After nearly going extinct more than a century ago, populations of northern elephant seals have not only thrived, their "language" has changed too, according to a new study. "It's much more ...

Jessica Christian/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images Jaw-dropping waterfalls, dazzling canyonside vistas, trippy desert mirages—state parks have something for everyone to appreciate. Get out ...

Elephant seals sleep about 10 hours a day on the beach, like these 2-month-old northern elephant seals resting at California's Año Nuevo State Park.

The sounds of barking elephant seals are again in the air along the breeding grounds of Península Valdés, Argentina—but it's quieter. Almost exactly a year after a massive outbreak of H5N1 ...

Male elephant seals can weigh 4,000 to 6,000 pounds and can range from 12 to 18 feet in length, he said. Females are smaller, around 10 feet, and weigh about 1,500 pounds.

Elephant seals lie in the sun at Drakes Beach in the Point Reyes National Seashore on the Marin coast on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal) ...

When Northern elephant seals haul out on land to breed and molt, they sleep for over 10 hours a day. During that time, the seals aren’t eating, which may explain their need for extra sleep.

Elephant seals dive deeper and longer than any other seals or sea lions, and while at sea they spend 90 percent of their time submerged (more than most whales). The differences between the sexes are ...

Several young male northern elephant seals were caught on camera and detected by hydrophones. They appeared to be using the underwater observatory as a place to forage ...

This week's Short Wave news roundup covers harvesting drinking water from fog, what elephant seals reveal about fish populations in the deep ocean, and why there's always room for dessert.